Senate roll call 292 · 42nd Congress · Apr 17, 1872
To pass S. 438, a bill providng that if the circuit judge shall hold circuit court to enforce voting rights, the court shall be the circuit court for that circu
On Apr 17, 1872, the Senate voted 27–13 (S 438). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–2, Democrats 0–11, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 17, 1872
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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